Table 3. Number of Non-Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions, by Type of Building,
         by Region, and Province for the Second Quarter, 2006

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                                            TOTAL               |            COMMERCIAL             |           INDUSTRIAL
        Province,              Number | Floor Area  |     Value |  Number |  Floor Area |     Value |  Number | Floor Area  |    Value
  City, and Municipality              |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |    (sq.m.)  |  (P1,000)
                                  (1) |         (2) |       (3) |     (4) |         (5) |       (6) |     (7) |        (8)  |       (9)
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Philippines                     4,295     1,735,929  15,639,303     3,016     1,099,445  10,301,631       337      278,841    1,855,679

National Capital Region         1,974       701,658   8,389,050     1,780       594,140   7,528,851        43       36,680      121,746

first district                     88        82,983     620,209        48        68,182     509,698         6        6,031       11,971
second district                   174       100,706     709,053       112        75,830     529,745        17        9,763       32,090
third district                     50        26,374     102,009        16         4,526      16,639        13       14,993       45,787
fourth district                 1,662       491,595   6,957,779     1,604       445,602   6,472,769         7        5,893       31,898

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           29         8,522      55,559        20         5,788      31,533         0            0            0

Abra                                3         1,581      13,556         2         1,293      11,423         0            0            0
Benguet                            22         6,553      37,452        17         4,313      19,243         0            0            0
Ifugao                              2           182       2,129         1           182         867         0            0            0
Kalinga                             2           206       2,422         0             0           0         0            0            0

Region I - Ilocos Region          130        48,438     348,826        70        22,525     130,267         9        3,197       20,276

Ilocos norte                       40        10,873      64,991        23         5,156      37,346         0            0            0
Ilocos sur                          8         8,216      21,449         5         8,081      17,386         0            0            0
La union                           29         5,705      56,380        13         2,351      30,708         5        1,891        9,448
Pangasinan                         53        23,644     206,006        29         6,937      44,827         4        1,306       10,828

Region II - Cagayan Valley         44        11,892      62,341        25         6,412      26,431         6        2,185        6,132

Cagayan                             9         2,907      20,206         6         1,167       6,532         0            0            0
Isabela                            24         5,516      28,794        13         2,336      12,118         5        1,769        5,132
Nueva Vizcaya                       2           226       2,106         1           226         844         0            0            0
Quirino                             9         3,243      11,235         5         2,683       6,937         1          416        1,000

Region III - Central Luzon        536       155,314     830,725       279        74,968     409,521        49       30,395      177,714

Bataan                             25         9,629      67,174        14         4,099      23,399         0            0            0
Bulacan                           110        43,791     189,618        51        13,818      46,854        19       17,749       83,068
Nueva Ecija                        50        10,814     103,020        21         4,067      22,582         7        4,043       55,059
Pampanga                          271        77,458     382,551       172        48,881     293,043        15        5,629       20,375
Tarlac                             67         8,519      52,567        19         3,481      22,243         5          875        3,102
Aurora                             13         5,103      35,795         2           622       1,400         3        2,099       16,110

Region IVA - Calabarzon           429       216,939   1,893,954       187        38,383     273,855        84      115,737      897,434

Batangas                           65        44,615     466,657        17         2,315      18,165        15       30,131      357,605
Cavite                            125        34,673     372,612        73         8,671      76,759        17        9,506       75,774
Laguna                            151        99,411     807,972        58        11,167      67,945        41       70,321      448,665
Quezon                             47        17,627     121,589        21         7,253      54,322         5        2,241        6,740
Rizal                              41        20,613     125,124        18         8,977      56,664         6        3,538        8,650

Region IVB - Mimaropa              78        20,705     210,760        35        10,762      87,321        14        7,219       84,424

Marinduque                          6           471       3,435         5           213       1,472         0            0            0
Occidental Mindoro                  6         1,112       9,037         2           437       2,894         0            0            0
Oriental Mindoro                   24         6,745      53,767        14         5,294      39,814         5        1,240        7,412
Palawan                            41        12,347     144,343        13         4,788      42,963         9        5,979       77,012
Romblon                             1            30         178         1            30         178         0            0            0

Region V - Bicol                   80        26,907     247,080        45        13,007      73,110         7        1,383       10,240

Albay                              21        14,681      69,969        14         7,011      32,437         0            0            0
Camarines Norte                     5           670      10,848         2           190       1,550         0            0            0
Camarines Sur                      27         5,640      41,451        19         4,709      31,873         2          191        1,980
Catanduanes                         7           623       4,786         6           557       4,326         0            0            0
Masbate                            16         2,342      18,335         2           479       2,549         5        1,192        8,260
Sorsogon                            4         2,951     101,691         2            61         375         0            0            0

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Table 3.  (continued)

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                                            TOTAL               |            COMMERCIAL             |           INDUSTRIAL
        Province,              Number | Floor Area  |    Value  |  Number |  Floor Area |     Value |  Number | Floor Area |    Value
  City, and Municipality              |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |    (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
                                  (1) |         (2) |       (3) |     (4) |         (5) |       (6) |     (7) |        (8) |      (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas       150        51,563     344,040        77        33,363     201,197        27        7,543       41,486

Aklan                              17         8,384      63,284        13         7,506      57,633         1          198          548
Antique                             3           677       3,723         3           677       3,723         0            0            0
Capiz                              24         7,580      51,708        10         3,298      16,040        12        2,281       14,980
Iloilo                             38        13,174      90,330        23        10,813      70,997         5        1,653       13,835
Negros occidental                  66        20,960     129,165        27        10,848      51,504         9        3,411       12,123
Guimaras                            2           788       5,830         1           221       1,300         0            0            0

Region VII - Central Visayas      280       272,925   1,357,716       182       192,407     907,961        31       28,058      167,790

Bohol                              35        11,809      73,029        21         7,484      47,570         1          150          400
Cebu                              205       239,282   1,162,175       136       166,232     773,360        27       27,493      163,656
Negros Oriental                    36        21,340     117,553        22        18,497      85,072         2          115          734
Siquijor                            4           494       4,959         3           194       1,959         1          300        3,000

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      63        12,843      77,698        28         7,699      37,108         9        1,109        6,679

Eastern Samar                       5           948       7,616         1           286       3,153         2          486        3,275
Leyte                              32         9,759      58,595        16         6,222      28,092         3          379        2,322
Samar (Western Samar)              12           971       4,284         3           570       2,366         1          100          372
Southern leyte                     14         1,165       7,203         8           621       3,497         3          144          710

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula    45        10,834      52,125        35         6,615      37,510         3        2,900       11,400

Zamboanga del Norte                 7         1,549       5,006         4           615       2,878         1          100          400
Zamboanga del Sur                  38         9,285      47,119        31         6,000      34,632         2        2,800       11,000

Region X - Northern Mindanao       99        51,431     269,414        65        39,550     206,923         5        3,971       11,132

Bukidnon                           42        12,882      49,815        26         7,793      28,325         2          307          859
Camiguin                            2           219         776         1            39         176         0            0            0
Lanao del Norte                     8         1,001       7,163         4         1,001       2,756         0            0            0
Misamis Oriental                   47        37,329     211,660        34        30,717     175,666         3        3,664       10,273

Region XI - Davao Region          220        84,591     646,003       107        34,126     266,085        33       25,259      231,172

Davao del Norte                    77        23,645     127,250        30         6,046      36,627        18        7,426       36,971
Davao del Sur                     107        53,064     477,002        61        25,075     218,280        11       15,991      181,616
Davao Oriental                     17         3,370      18,769         8         2,066       7,768         0            0            0
Compostela Valley                  19         4,512      22,982         8           939       3,410         4        1,842       12,585

Region XII - Soccsksargen          95        51,368     803,225        58        14,692      56,201        12       11,268       60,150

North Cotabato                      7         2,364       7,657         5         1,878       6,246         0            0            0
South Cotabato                     55        23,475     112,578        36        10,047      36,380        10       10,168       56,855
Sultan Kudarat                     16        22,522     667,556        10         1,678       8,447         0            0            0
Saranggani                         12         1,504       9,570         5           776       2,754         0            0            0
Cotabato City                       5         1,503       5,864         2           313       2,374         2        1,100        3,295

Region XIII - Caraga               38         8,536      38,487        18         3,545      15,457         5        1,937        7,904

Agusan del Norte                   17         5,506      22,331         8         2,543      11,056         3        1,337        6,110
Agusan del Sur                     12         1,484      10,172         8           352       1,556         0            0            0
Surigao del Norte                   7           966       3,191         1            70         175         2          600        1,794
Surigao del Sur                     2           580       2,793         1           580       2,670         0            0            0

Autonomous Region In Muslim
  Mindanao                          5         1,463      12,300         5         1,463      12,300         0            0            0

Basilan                             2         1,040       9,365         2         1,040       9,365         0            0            0
Lanao del Sur                       3           423       2,935         3           423       2,935         0            0            0

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Table 3.  (continued)

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                                          INSTITUTIONAL          |           AGRICULTURAL            |       OTHERS
        Province,                Number | Floor Area |     Value |  Number |  Floor Area  |    Value |   Number |     Value
  City, and Municipality                |    (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |     (sq.m.)  | (P1,000) |          |  (P1,000)
                                   (10) |       (11) |      (12) |    (13) |        (14)  |     (15) |     (16) |      (17)
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Philippines                         528      320,619   3,155,764       168        37,024     109,288        246     216,941

National Capital Region              68       69,907     694,465         1           931       1,039         82      42,949

First District                       11        8,770      78,225         0             0           0         23      20,315
Second District                      22       14,182     137,836         1           931       1,039         22       8,343
Third District                        6        6,855      33,556         0             0           0         15       6,027
Fourth District                      29       40,100     444,848         0             0           0         22       8,264

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                              8        2,734      22,764         0             0           0          1       1,262

Abra                                  1          288       2,133         0             0           0          0           0
Benguet                               5        2,240      18,209         0             0           0          0           0
Ifugao                                0            0           0         0             0           0          1       1,262
Kalinga                               2          206       2,422         0             0           0          0           0

Region I - Ilocos Region             28       21,574     174,756         8         1,142       2,502         15      21,025

Ilocos Norte                         10        5,015      23,651         4           702       1,320          3       2,674
Ilocos Sur                            0            0           0         1           135         650          2       3,413
La Union                              4        1,427       6,278         1            36         126          6       9,820
Pangasinan                           14       15,132     144,827         2           269         406          4       5,118

Region II - Cagayan Valley           10        3,195      25,476         1           100         415          2       3,887

Cagayan                               3        1,740      13,674         0             0           0          0           0
Isabela                               6        1,411      11,544         0             0           0          0           0
Nueva Vizcaya                         0            0           0         0             0           0          1       1,262
Quirino                               1           44         258         1           100         415          1       2,625

Region III - Central Luzon           58       20,588     133,599       120        29,363      82,012         30      27,879

Bataan                                5        4,990      35,639         1           540       3,240          5       4,896
Bulacan                              13        3,446      21,595        18         8,778      30,613          9       7,488
Nueva Ecija                          11        2,604      14,984         1           100         150         10      10,245
Pampanga                             14        5,905      38,064        65        17,043      26,319          5       4,750
Tarlac                                8        1,261       5,532        35         2,902      21,690          0           0
Aurora                                7        2,382      17,785         0             0           0          1         500

Region IVA - Calabarzon             115       60,142     666,867        21         2,677      12,201         22      43,597

Batangas                             19       10,813      82,562        11         1,356       3,565          3       4,760
Cavite                               25       16,173     206,298         7           323       4,792          3       8,989
Laguna                               38       17,923     264,831         0             0           0         14      26,531
Quezon                               18        7,135      56,683         3           998       3,844          0           0
Rizal                                15        8,098      56,493         0             0           0          2       3,317

Region IVB - Mimaropa                11        2,550      21,747         1           174         323         17      16,945

Marinduque                            1          258       1,963         0             0           0          0           0
Occidental Mindoro                    4          675       6,143         0             0           0          0           0
Oriental Mindoro                      2          211       1,613         0             0           0          3       4,928
Palawan                               4        1,406      12,028         1           174         323         14      12,017

Region V - Bicol                     23       12,110     157,927         2           407       3,755          3       2,048

Albay                                 6        7,468      36,610         1           202         922          0           0
Camarines Norte                       1          480       8,200         0             0           0          2       1,098
Camarines Sur                         4          535       3,815         1           205       2,833          1         950
Catanduanes                           1           66         460         0             0           0          0           0
Masbate                               9          671       7,526         0             0           0          0           0
Sorsogon                              2        2,890     101,316         0             0           0          0           0

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Table 3.  (continued)

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                                          INSTITUTIONAL          |           AGRICULTURAL            |       OTHERS
        Province,                Number | Floor Area |     Value |  Number |  Floor Area  |    Value |   Number |     Value
  City, and Municipality                |    (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |     (sq.m.)  | (P1,000) |          |  (P1,000)
                                   (10) |       (11) |      (12) |    (13) |        (14)  |     (15) |     (16) |      (17)
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Region VI - Western Visayas          26       10,389      84,692         4           268       1,525         16      15,140

Aklan                                 2          680       5,000         0             0           0          1         103
Capiz                                 2        2,001      20,688         0             0           0          0           0
Iloilo                                6          708       4,764         0             0           0          4         734
Negros Occidental                    15        6,433      49,710         4           268       1,525         11      14,303
Guimaras                              1          567       4,530         0             0           0          0           0

Region VII - Central Visayas         41       51,749     269,193         5           711       1,452         21      11,320

Bohol                                10        4,099      24,581         2            76         137          1         341
Cebu                                 24       44,922     216,208         3           635       1,315         15       7,636
Negros Oriental                       7        2,728      28,404         0             0           0          5       3,343

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas        20        3,905      32,116         1           130         215          5       1,580

Eastern samar                         2          176       1,188         0             0           0          0           0
Leyte                                10        3,028      27,866         1           130         215          2         100
Samar (Western Samar)                 7          301         822         0             0           0          1         724
Southern Leyte                        1          400       2,240         0             0           0          2         756

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula       6          969       2,705         1           350         510          0           0

Zamboanga del Norte                   2          834       1,728         0             0           0          0           0
Zamboanga del Sur                     4          135         977         1           350         510          0           0

Region X - Northern Mindanao         11        7,713      31,432         2           197         561         16      19,366

Bukidnon                              7        4,585      14,094         2           197         561          5       5,976
Camiguin                              1          180         600         0             0           0          0           0
Lanao del Norte                       0            0           0         0             0           0          4       4,407
Misamis Oriental                      3        2,948      16,738         0             0           0          7       8,983

Region XI - Davao Region             73       24,632     140,372         1           574       2,778          6       5,596

Davao del Norte                      24        9,599      46,413         1           574       2,778          4       4,461
Davao del Sur                        34       11,998      76,772         0             0           0          1         334
Davao Oriental                        8        1,304      10,200         0             0           0          1         801
Compostela Valley                     7        1,731       6,987         0             0           0          0           0

Region XII - Soccsksargen            20       25,408     683,377         0             0           0          5       3,497

North Cotabato                        2          486       1,411         0             0           0          0           0
South COtabato                        7        3,260      18,088         0             0           0          2       1,255
Sultan Kudarat                        6       20,844     659,109         0             0           0          0           0
Saranggani                            4          728       4,574         0             0           0          3       2,242
Cotabato City                         1           90         195         0             0           0          0           0

Region XIII - Caraga                 10        3,054      14,276         0             0           0          5         850

Agusan del Norte                      5        1,626       5,055         0             0           0          1         110
Agusan del Sur                        3        1,132       8,126         0             0           0          1         490
Surigao del Norte                     2          296       1,095         0             0           0          2         127
Surigao del Sur                       0            0           0         0             0           0          1         123

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  December 1, 2006
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